72 Goodmorning (2/2)

”Mmh, thank you for taking care of me,” Marcel said sincerely.

”It's no problem, but that girl…” Alistair couldn't finish before shuddering in disgust. Marcel figured that Lydia's impression was completely ruined in Alistair's head.

”Where are you going?” Marcel asked as he tried to get out of bed but remembered his state of undress. He was not hungover like before thanks to Avian and even though his resistance to alcohol had improved because of him, he still got drunk the previous night.

”I'm going out for a swim, I'm sure no one is awake yet at this time,” Alistair said, and without any further delay, he left their bedroom. After hearing what he had to say, Marcel finally turned around to check on the time and saw that it was a little past 6am, but he couldn't go back to sleep even if he wanted to.

He got up from his bed and went to take a quick shower to clear his head before he too decided to go for a run since he still had to work on his physique as he was on the skinny side, although there have been improvements even though he just started working out recently. He quickly put on his workout clothes and went downstairs while selecting a playlist. The house was quiet as if it was abandoned with the exception of the sounds of Alistair swimming outside.

Marcel went to take a bottle of water from the fridge and went to the back yard where the pool was located and waited for Alistair to finish his lap.

When Alistair finished another lap he finally stopped for a break and that was when he noticed Marcel. He raised his eyebrows in question as if asking him what he wanted.

”I just wanted to tell you that I'm going out for a run, incase anyone asks for me,” Marcel said.

Alistair nodded in understanding and Marcel left after that for his run. He put on his earphones and left the premises for his run. Fortunately, he did not have a camera crew chasing after him since they had stayed up late the previous night as well.

Marcel ran until he was tired before returning to the house, he had lost track of time and ended up running for more than an hour. Even he wondered if it was normal for him to make such progress on his stamina after such a short period.

When he got in the house after his run, he was dripping with sweat and the hair that wasn't held by the hair tie he had put on was sticking to the sides of his face and neck. He greeted everyone breathlessly as he made his way to the kitchen. He noticed that everyone was lethargic as they were hungover from the drinking they did the previous night.

”What's going on?” Marcel asked Adrian who was pouring himself a cup of coffee. Adrian was not aware of what happened the previous night with Lydia as he went to sleep when he felt that he was too drunk.

”It's weird, he is avoiding her like the plague,” Adrian said as he pointed to Alistair and Lydia respectively. Marcel looked at them and saw that Adrian was really sitting as far as he could from Lydia.

Shouldn't he be the one suffering from ptsd and not him? Marcel wondered as he rehydrated himself. Lydia didn't know why Alistair was behaving the way she was as she had blacked out the previous night, she lost a huge chunk of her memory after they were bonding after dinner.

”Goodmorning,” Marcel greeted Lydia as he passed the living room to make his way upstairs. Alistair looked at him as if he was wondering how he could talk to her after all that had happened the previous night.

”Morning,” Lydia answered with a sunny smile that almost made Marcel choke on his water.

”Mmmh,” Marcel awkwardly responded before going up the stairs. He tilted his head in confusion as he thought she would try to apologise for what had happened the previous day, but she looked okay like she had a clear conscience.

\u003cDid she forget about what happened? \u003e Marcel asked Avian.

[Most likely, since it happened when she was already asleep] Avian answered in confirmation.

”Hehehe,” Marcel could only laugh helplessly at the situation.

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